Garment-stiffening device.



H. LE T. BLAGKWELI..

GARMENT STIFPENING DEVIDE.

APPLICATION FILED ooInzs. 1909.

986,895, l Patented Mar.14,1911.'

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Hap'.

Ez vez?, or 3fm/7g@ h/Eweu' fu NaRRls Plrxns ca., wAsmnamN. D. c.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

mauve rus Nunn/s zrsns 50 wAsmNaroN, b. l.

UNITED STATES, FFCE.

HARRY LE TISSIER BLACKWELL, OF SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

GARMENT-STIFFENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

Application led October 25, 1909. Serial No. 524,464.

To all whom it mail concern:

Be it known that I, Hanny l'inTIssmn lmcmviani., a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at W15-l- George street, Sydney, in the State of New South lVales, Commonwealth of Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Stitfening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to belts including corsets for personal wear and particularly abdominal and cholera belts which have at intervals stiffenings of whalebone, steel or the like.

The object of my invention is to enable the flexible sti'tt'ening pieces to be removed and replaced without the necessity as here tofore, of detaching or opening up the coverings of said pieces, and it further avoids the necessity of resewing the covering after inserting a fresh piece. i

Hy invention consists of a receptacle for the stiflening piece formed by sewing two strips of tape or the like to the belt. These strips are placed side by side in such a inanner that their inner longitudinal edges will overlap or meet, said edges when pushed aside permitting the stitfening piece to be inserted intoI the receptacle on being bent. The ends of said piece are received in pockets produced in the ends of the receptacle. The edges of the intermediate cover or pocket may be held together in any suitable manner at intervals in their' length and thereby assist in retaining the stiffening piece in position.

I will now refer to the drawings herewith in which is illustrated the preferred way of carrying out my invention.

Figure 1 shows two short lengths of tape or the like, while, Fig. 2 illustrates same stitched together where indicated by the double dotted lines. Fig. 3 shows the material doubled upon itself lengthwise and stitched at the ends, while, Fig. L1 shows the ends formed into pockets when the material is unfolded. Fig. 5 is a reverse View of Fig. A1. Fig'. G illustrates the manner of inserting a stitl'ening piece in a receptacle therefor attached to a belt or the like, and, Fig. 7 is a plan of the receptacle with the stiftening piece indicated by dot and dash lines. Fig'. 8 is a cross sectional view. Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate respectively, plan and perspecr tive views of a belt to which my `invention is applied. Fig. 11 is a perspective View of a corset having my invention applied thereto.

'lhe same numerals indicate the same or corresimnding parts.

The receptacle for the stitl'ening piece is preferably constructed as follows: 'lwo strips l2 of tape or other suitable material are placed side by side in such a manner that their inner longitudinal edges 13 overlap. .lhey are then connected by transverse rows of stitches 14k located adjacent their ends, and by a centrally located similarly arranged row 10, the overlapping edges 13 being then connected by longitudinal rows ot stitches 15 which extend from the rows 14v to the ends of the strips; (see Fig. 2). The compound strip thus formed is next folded longitudinally upon itself, as shown in Fig. 3, after which its outer corners are stitched together' as at 17. lVhen the strip is unfolded, the stitching last referred to will result` in the production of a triangular pocket 1S at each end of the strip. rFhe edges of the material thus shaped (Fig. l) are sewn to a body belt or the like as shown in Figs. (3 and 7 and preferably additional rows of stitching are made at 19 to limit lateral moven'ient of the stitlening piece 20.

To insert a stitl'ening piece in the receptacle formed on the belt it is only necessary to pull the edges aside and push one end of the said piece into an end pocket (Fig. (5) and then bend the free end so that it will spring into the opposite pocket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a stitt'ening device adapted to be attached to a body belt or the like comprising a receptacle, and a stitlening piece disposed therein, said receptacle consisting of a pair of strips of fabric arranged side by side and having their presented longitudinal edges overlapping and their outer corners turned inwardly and stitched to the adjacent portions of said strips to produce pockets wherein the ends of said sti'tfening piece are received.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a sttfcning device adapted to be attached to a body belt or the like comprising a receptacle, and a stittening piece disposed therein. said receptacle consisting of a pair of strips of fabric arranged side by side and having their presented longitudinal edges l In testimony whereoi:l I have hereunto set 10 overlapping, and. their outer corners turned iny hand in presence of two subscribing inwardly and stitched to the adjacent porwitnesses.

tions of said strips to produce pockets wherein the ends of said stiening piece are re HARRY LE TISSIER BLAGKWELL. ceived, said strips being connected together by spaced transverse rows of stitches, to itnessesz maintain said overlapping edges normally CHARLES E. GRAHAM,

closed. HENRY VVATGHORNE CLARKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

